Renewable Power Theatre of the Absurd

American Thinker ^ | February 13, 2020 | Norman Rogers

[artichokegrower]

Along with many other states, California, Arizona and Nevada all have “renewable portfolio laws.” California requires that 60% of its electric power be from renewable sources by 2030. Nevada requires 50% by 2030. Arizona requires 15% by 2025. Renewable power is defined by law in each state, but usually it amounts to wind or solar.

[artichokegrower]

Sometimes the certificate may be more valuable than the power. In fact, sometimes the power may literally be worth less than nothing. At certain times California has too much solar power that it can’t use because it would destabilize the grid. When the power is worth less than nothing, the producer will have to pay someone to use the power. Someone has to use the power or there can’t be a certificate. That would be a counterfeit certificate. You can’t just throw the power away. That would negate the whole rationale. You might think that any state would be happy to accept free power, but it may be inconvenient for technical or economic reasons, or it may just be that only one party is available that can take the power and they can exercise monopoly power and make the party trying to get rid of the power pay for the privilege.

Take that Nevada. We much more smarter than the rest of America Californians will pay you to take our unneeded solar electricity.

[BobL]

I guess this is how we have to fight ‘renewables’, when, in fact, they’re simply a tool used by the Left to bring our society down to a more ‘sustainable’ lifestyle.

...although I would prefer they lay off this crap for the time being, since Coronavirus may very well do their bidding, at least regarding trade and non-essential travel.